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TELECOM Digest Wed, 10 Jan 2007 17:15:00 EST Volume 26 : Issue 11
Inside This Issue: Editor: Patrick A. Townson
Macworld San Francisco 2007 Keynote (Monty Solomon)
CommunicationsDirect News Daily Update (communicationsdirect_daily)
Apple Hopes to Sell 10 Million iPhones in 2008 (USTelecom dailyLead)
Satire: "Neutrality Rhapsody" (Lauren Weinstein)
A New Record For Scam/Spam ? (TELECOM Digest Editor)
How Do You Connect To A WiFi Hotspot? (FreedomFireCom)
T1 Connections Provide Unparalleled Data Transfer Speeds (FreedomFireCom)
Re: ICANN Will Create '.xxx' Porn Domain (Rick Merrill)
Re: ICANN Will Create '.xxx' Porn Domain (Dan Lanciani)
Re: NY Times Editorial: Protecting Internet Democracy (Rick Merrill)
Re: NY Times Editorial: Protecting Internet Democracy (Lisa Hancock)
Re: Off Topic: Teens Same Worldwide: [Movie, Texting, Cell Phones] (RJ)
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Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2007 20:24:10 -0500
From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com>
Subject: Macworld San Francisco 2007 Keynote
Watch Apple CEO Steve Jobs kick-off Macworld Conference & Expo 2007
with a keynote address from San Francisco's Moscone West.
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/qtv/keynote/
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Subject: CommunicationsDirect News Daily Update - January 10, 2007
From: Communicationsdirect_daily <editor@communicationsdirectnews.com>
Reply-To: communicationsdirect_daily-owner@communicationsdirectnews.com
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 11:29:19 EST
********************************
PricewaterhouseCoopers Presents
The CommunicationsDirect News Daily Update
For January 10, 2007
********************************
Apple iPhone Launches, Cingular Gets U.S. Exclusive
http://www.communicationsdirectnews.com/do.php/150/22002?11228
At the Macworld Expo in San Francisco, Apple yesterday unveiled
the long-awaited and much-heralded iPhone (despite the name being
trademarked by Cisco). The large but slim (114mm by 61mm by
11.6mm) 135 gram, OS X based device resembles a slab type PDA and
comes in 4Gb and 8Gb variations priced at US$499 and US$599 ...
Vivendi Invincible in PTC Case
http://www.communicationsdirectnews.com/do.php/130/21999?11228
The French media company, Vivendi, has demanded that the telecoms
group, Deutsche Telekom, return either the cash or the shares that
the German telco bought from the Polish power conglomerate, Elektrim,
in Poland's number-one mobile operator, PTC. Vivendi bases its
claim on the recent ruling by the Austrian Supreme Court, which ...
Radio Industry Tunes in Change
http://www.communicationsdirectnews.com/do.php/150/21993?11228
The broadcast radio business is undergoing a rapid
transformation, and most conventional AM/FM receivers will soon
be heading to the landfill. The U.S. broadcast radio market,
currently dominated by thousands of local stations transmitting
analog signals, is being forced into radical change by the
arrival of numerous listening ...
EarthLink's New Muni Wireless Broadband Reseller: Vonage
http://www.communicationsdirectnews.com/do.php/120/21989?11228
VoIP mogul Vonage, in a move that surprised most observers,
signed a three-year pact with ISP EarthLink under which it will
resell EarthLink municipal Wi-Fi services under the Vonage brand
name. In effect, to a least a limited extent geographically,
this turns Vonage into an ISP. Official Vonage statements
indicate the game ...
CES: Sprint Streams WiMax
http://www.communicationsdirectnews.com/do.php/150/21986?11228
LAS VEGAS -- Consumer Electronics Show (CES) -- Sprint Nextel
Corp. is continuing to push ahead with its ambitious mobile
WiMax plans despite recent financial wobbles. The operator has
been running live demos of the technology here at CES and now
plans to initially launch in four cities -- rather than two -- in
2007. The cities are ...
CES: Cisco Preps Home Invasion
http://www.communicationsdirectnews.com/do.php/150/21983?11228
LAS VEGAS -- Consumer Electronics Show (CES) -- In case there was any
doubt, Cisco Systems Inc. very much wants to be the backbone of
the next generation of networked homes. CEO John Chambers laid
out a grandiose vision of his company's consumer-market ambitions
in today's keynote speech at the Consumer Electronics ...
Layoffs on Tap at Sprint
http://www.communicationsdirectnews.com/do.php/120/21980?11228
Sprint Nextel shares were down as much as 11% this morning on
news that the wireless carrier served up a tepid outlook and
announced plans to lay off about 5,000 workers. The carrier said
it expects to report full-year 2006 consolidated operating
revenues of roughly $41 billion. Looking ahead to full-year 2007,
Sprint is forecasting ...
Small Businesses Continue to Fuel Hosted VoIP Market
http://www.communicationsdirectnews.com/do.php/120/21978?11228
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Hosted VoIP telephony has experienced
another year of steady growth, as the small business market
continues to be the sweet spot with most deployments in the
20-to-50 seat range, reports In-Stat. Hosted VoIP will continue
to experience dynamic growth over the next few years, with
projected revenues exceeding $2 ...
CommunicationsDirect Editor <telecom_direct_editor@us.pwc.com>
Copyright (C) 2007 PricewaterhouseCoopers.
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Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 12:01:45 CST
From: USTelecom dailyLead <ustelecom@dailylead.com>
Subject: Apple Hopes to Sell 10 Million iPhones in 2008
USTelecom dailyLead
January 10, 2007
http://r.smartbrief.com/resp/fVesfDtusXjFaqCibuddUcYp
TODAY'S HEADLINES
NEWS OF THE DAY
* Apple hopes to sell 10 million iPhones in 2008
BUSINESS & INDUSTRY WATCH
* Embarq eyes network expansion
* AT&T finance chief bullish on IPTV, bundled services
* CBS embraces interactivity
* Samsung bundles Google
* Qubo gains quick popularity, debuts as digital network
USTELECOM SPOTLIGHT
* Rapid Telecom Training and eLearning Tomorrow, Jan. 11, noon (ET)
TECHNOLOGY TRENDS
* Apple TV ready to hit the living room
* Cisco touts convergence
* Nokia, Visa team for m-commerce
REGULATORY & LEGISLATIVE
* Statewide franchise system to be proposed for Mass.
Follow the link below to read quick summaries of these stories and others.
http://r.smartbrief.com/resp/fVesfDtusXjFaqCibuddUcYp
------------------------------
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 12:13:43 -0600
From: Lauren Weinstein <lauren@vortex.com>
Subject: Satire: "Neutrality Rhapsody"
( http://lauren.vortex.com/archive/000207.html )
"Neutrality Rhapsody"
Lyrics Copyright (C) 2007 Lauren Weinstein.
All rights reserved.
lauren@vortex.com
To the tune of:
"Bohemian Rhapsody"
(With apologies to Freddie Mercury)
Is this the real Net?
Is this what has to be?
Promises broken,
ISPs have done this to me.
Open your eyes,
Look into your screens and see ...
We once had free speech,
And Net Neutrality,
But now they're easy come, easy go,
Telecoms run the show.
Wasn't there a way out?
Didn't have to happen,
You see.
You see ...
Web sites,
Don't work no more,
Since their throughput is too slow,
And I've nowhere else to go.
Web sites,
That we knew so well.
But the telcos and their gang took them away.
Web sites,
Sorry to say,
For granted we did take,
Now pay through the nose for all tomorrows ...
It's the way,
From today,
Or else our traffic's mangled.
Too late.
Delayed too long.
The telecoms plowed through,
Buying up all that we knew.
Now they really have us,
In a stranglehold.
Our communications controlled from on high.
Web sites,
Large ones and small,
Don't want you to die ...
Why'd we let this all get so bad at all?
[ guitar solo ]
I'm just a wee site,
Hardly have any money ...
That's a shame,
Just the same,
Pony up some more moolah!
How can I ever innovate?
How can you treat me this way?
'Cause we own you.
Thought that you knew.
'Cause we own you.
And all you do.
'Cause we've got you by the balls ...
Say it's not so, oh, oh, oh, oh ...
We are a big site,
Net costs us plenty ...
A piece of your action,
Is still the protection fee!
Pay or choked data your users will see.
All we want,
All we ask,
Will you just play fair?
We will not, no, we need not to play fair!
Just play fair!
We will not, we're cable and telco ...
Just play fair!
We will not, subscribers we control ...
Just play fair!
You used our pipes for free ...
Just play fair!
No business you will see ...
Just play fair, fair, fair, fair, fair!
No, no, no, no, no, no, no!
Oh FCC,
Oh FTC,
Oh Congress,
Please make them play fair!
The time is past,
You all should have acted long ago, ago, ago ...
[ another solo ]
So you think you can warp the Net for your own profits?
So you can restrict to your walled gardens most of the bits?
Oh telecoms,
Can't do this to us telecoms,
Gotta get out,
Gotta find a way around you.
[ extended musical interlude ]
This all really matters,
The Internet we see.
It would all be different,
Without Network Neutrality.
That's what makes the Net go ...
< fini >
Lauren Weinstein
lauren@vortex.com or lauren@pfir.org
Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800
http://www.pfir.org/lauren
Co-Founder, PFIR
- People For Internet Responsibility - http://www.pfir.org
Co-Founder, IOIC
- International Open Internet Coalition - http://www.ioic.net
Founder, CIFIP
- California Initiative For Internet Privacy - http://www.cifip.org
Founder, PRIVACY Forum - http://www.vortex.com
Member, ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy
Lauren's Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com
DayThink: http://daythink.vortex.com
[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: Mr.Weinstein is a charter subscriber to
TELECOM Digest, having been around for a quarter-century. He was also
the author of another satirical work, 'The Day the Bell System Died'
which is published here from time to time. His attitude toward telco
seems to have changed considerably over the years. PAT]
------------------------------
Subject: A New Record For Scam/Spam ?
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 14:11:17 EST
From: ptownson@massis.lcs.mit.edu (TELECOM Digest Editor)
Tuesday night, I got buried -- literally -- in PayPal spoofs. 15 of
them in a thirty minute period ... I am accustomed to receiving spam
and scam at all hours of the day and night, but fifteen various ones
dealing with PayPal over thirty minutes is some kind of a new record
for me. All have been forwarded to spoof@paypal.com of course ...
In addition, there were a few (but not fifteen!) spoofs on e-Bay sent
to me in the same time period, and a couple of Bank of America things.
Ah, the net! What a cesspool it has become, but I said that once
already, maybe ten years ago.
PAT
------------------------------
From: FreedomFireCom <melemm@cognisurf.com>
Subject: Article: How Do You Connect To A WiFi Hotspot?
Date: 9 Jan 2007 17:03:47 -0800
Organization: http://groups.google.com
Tips and resources for finding and connecting to a WiFi Hotspot.
Includes insights on how to set yourself up as a WiFi Hotspot too.
http://broadband-nation.blogspot.com/2007/01/how-do-you-connect-to-wifi-hotspot.html
God Bless,
Michael Lemm
FreedomFire Communications
"Helping YOUR Business....DO Business"
http://DS3-Bandwidth.com
http://www.linkedin.com/in/freedomfirecom
------------------------------
From: FreedomFireCom <melemm@cognisurf.com>
Subject: Article: T1 Connections Provide Unparalleled Data Transfer Speeds
Date: 9 Jan 2007 17:22:34 -0800
Organization: http://groups.google.com
For most business seeking high speed internet access for data transfer
applications ... a T1 connection is the solution of choice over DSL.
This article explains why ... and how.
http://broadband-nation.blogspot.com/2007/01/t1-connections-provide-unparalleled.html
God Bless,
Michael Lemm
FreedomFire Communications
"Helping YOUR Business....DO Business"
http://DS3-Bandwidth.com
http://www.linkedin.com/in/freedomfirecom
------------------------------
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 09:26:42 -0500
From: Rick Merrill <rick0.merrill@NOSPAM.gmail.com>
Subject: Re: ICANN Will Create '.xxx' Porn Domain
Rick Merrill wrote:
> Dan Lanciani wrote:
>> ap@telecom-digest.org (Anick Jesdanun, Associated Press) wrote:
>>> ICM believes the domain would help the $12 billion online porn
>>> industry clean up its act, as those using it must abide by rules
>>> designed to bar such trickery as spamming and malicious scripts.
>> It's a shame we can't have rules like that for existing domains ...
> Why the fuss about "domains"? There's tons of free stuff on Usenet
> and no one wants to regulate that.
> [TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: Well, yes we do, if the 'free stuff on
> Usenet' amounts to secret, hidden viruses or spam built into the 'free
> stuff'. But, the vast majority of the 'free stuff on Usenet' only
> applies to the recipient of same, where 'domains' on the other hand
> sre specifically intended as places for others to visit. I can (not
> as easily as I would like) control what 'free stuff' does to my own
> computer, where when I choose to visit a 'domain' if there is any
> malevolent stuff hidden there, it often times gets installed without
> asking me to do anything, i.e. no 'tip off' about what is coming next.
> Now, as I stated here yesterday, ICANN and its various supporters
> _could_ crack down severely on all the domains and the crapola which
> is sent out to the public, but they don't want to, and they'll (or
> mainly their supporters) can give you thousands of reasons why ICANN
> should not be held to account for the general mess we refer to as the
> 'net' these days, but believe me, if any of them gave an iota one way
> or another (and didn't have their own vested interests) things would
> be a lot different. PAT]
1. I meant "free porn" (I've never encountered a virus directly on
Usenet - only indirectly through Spam on Usenet).
2. No one who wants to regulate porn seems to be aware of Usenet binaries.
3. Exactly HOW Could ICANN "crack down" on world-wide crapola?
[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: If you ever wish to encounter 'a virus
directly on Usenet' please allow me to call your attention to the
'comp.dcom.telecom' newsgroup. If my incoming spam mailbox is any
indicator -- based on the way the poor devils originally addressed the
mail -- you'll find a lot of it there. I get a couple hundred spams
and viruses here each day, which were originally intended for the
newsgroup; items which got here because the senders were too damn dumb
to know how moderated newsgroups operate. The smarter ones know how to
bypass 'moderation' so they get through okay.
Now regards your question (3) above -- and the ICANN cheering squad
does not like me saying this -- if ICANN would re-write their
contracts allowing them (ICANN) to take the required actions (such
as Fido did for years, declaring the offender a 'nuisance' and denying
them connectivity) that would be a good start. Just as ICANN is going
to start the '.xxx' domain, if they wished they could also start a
'.spam' and a '.scam' domain and force users into those areas if they
wished. But we all know what a joke ICANN is anyway; I'll hold my
breath waiting for ICANN to make themselves useful, will you join me?
PAT]
------------------------------
Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2007 23:27:40 EST
From: Dan Lanciani <ddl@danlan.com>
Subject: Re: ICANN Will Create '.xxx' Porn Domain
rick0.merrill@NOSPAM.gmail.com (Rick Merrill) wrote:
> Dan Lanciani wrote:
> ap@telecom-digest.org (Anick Jesdanun, Associated Press) wrote:
>> ICM believes the domain would help the $12 billion online porn
>> industry clean up its act, as those using it must abide by rules
>> designed to bar such trickery as spamming and malicious scripts.
>> It's a shame we can't have rules like that for existing domains ...
> Why the fuss about "domains"?
Yes, that was exactly the point of my (sarcastic) comment. How can a
new domain name make the previously "impossible" regulation possible?
Dan Lanciani
ddl@danlan.*com
[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: Well, it's not what they _call_ the new
domain; it's the rules they set up and demand that people follow
therein. They could call the new domain '.xxx' or they could call the
new domain '.edu' or whatever. Its the squeeze which is put on the
domain registrars by ICANN (or which the domain registrars voluntarily
put on themselves) which counts. Here is where ICANN is falling short:
they have such an interest in being politically correct and attempting
to satisfy one and all -- instead of a more draconian 'take it or
leave it' attitude -- that they wind up pleasing almost no one. PAT]
------------------------------
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 11:18:00 -0500
From: Rick Merrill <rick0.merrill@NOSPAM.gmail.com>
Subject: Re: NY Times Editorial: Protecting Internet Democracy
NY Times Editorial Desk wrote:
> Protecting Internet Democracy
> One of the big winners in the last election may turn out to be the
> principle, known as net neutrality, that Internet service providers
> should not be able to favor some content over others.
It has noting to do with "content", only with who provides the content.
Because internet routing can use anybody's pathways, companies want to
charge each other for using their routes.
> Democrats who are moving into the majority in Congress -- led by Ron
> Wyden in the Senate and Edward Markey in the House -- say they plan
> to fight hard to pass a net neutrality bill, and we hope that they
> do. It is vital to preserve the Internet's role in promoting
> entrepreneurship and free expression.
That's a good thing in my opinion.
> Internet users now get access to any Web site on an equal basis. Foreign
> and domestic sites, big corporate home pages and little-guy blogs all
> show up on a user's screen in the same way when their addresses are
> typed into a browser. Anyone who puts up a Web page can broadcast it to
> the world.
> Cable and telephone companies are talking, however, about creating a
> two-tiered Internet with a fast lane and a slow lane. Companies that pay
> hefty fees would have their Web pages delivered to Internet users in the
> current speedy fashion. Companies and individuals that do not would be
> relegated to the slow lane.
> Creating these sorts of tiers would destroy the democratic quality of
> the Internet. Big, wealthy voices would start to overpower the smaller,
> poorer ones. Innovation would be threatened if start-ups and small
> companies could not afford the new fees. The next eBay or Google might
> never be born.
> A net neutrality law would require cable and telephone companies to
> continue to provide Web sites to Internet users on an equal basis. Mr.
> Markey, of Massachusetts, will be taking over a key subcommittee that
> handles Internet issues. He has promised to hold hearings to educate
> Congress and the public, and to reintroduce his strong net neutrality
> bill. Mr. Wyden, of Oregon, plans to reintroduce an equally solid bill
> in the Senate.
> Passing the legislation will not be easy. The cable and telephone
> companies have fought net neutrality with a lavishly financed and
> misleading lobbying campaign, because they stand to gain an enormous
> windfall. But there is growing support from individuals and groups
> across the political spectrum, from MoveOn.org to the Gun Owners of
> America, who worry about what will happen to their free speech if
> Internet service providers are allowed to pick and choose the traffic
> they carry.
> In the last week, there was a limited but important victory for net
> neutrality. As a condition of approving the AT&T-BellSouth merger, the
> Federal Communications Commission required AT&T to guarantee net
> neutrality on its broadband service for the next two years. The
> commission was right to extract this concession, but it should not be
> necessary to negotiate separate deals like this one. On the information
> superhighway, net neutrality should be a basic rule of the road.
------------------------------
From: hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com
Subject: Re: NY Times Editorial: Protecting Internet Democracy
Date: 10 Jan 2007 09:58:07 -0800
Organization: http://groups.google.com
NY Times Editorial Desk wrote:
> Internet users now get access to any Web site on an equal basis. Foreign
> and domestic sites, big corporate home pages and little-guy blogs all
> show up on a user's screen in the same way when their addresses are
> typed into a browser.
> Cable and telephone companies are talking, however, about creating a
> two-tiered Internet with a fast lane and a slow lane.
Well, here's another point of view on this subject.
Other posters have previously pointed out that message traffic _now_ is
of various priority. VOIP phone calls, for example, need a higher
priority than say an FTP download.
I'm not so sure the two-tiered approach is such a bad idea.
A major problem of the Internet is content BLOAT. As soon as end users
get faster speed, the web pages grew in bells and whistles to make full
use of it. It's extremely rare these days to find a web page that is
mostly text and usable on a slow dial up (e.g. 14.4). Indeed, even 56k
dial up users find many pages too slow.
The reality is that many of these "bells and whistles" are utterly
useless and just an excuse for the web programmer to play around with
new features. That's fine for kids playing around with each other, but
for people trying to get information and place an order, it is very
wasteful. Very attractive web pages can be prepared without the
datawidth bloat. We don't need pictures everywhere, a million fonts,
dancing teddy bears, etc.
> Creating these sorts of tiers would destroy the democratic quality of
> the Internet. Big, wealthy voices would start to overpower the smaller,
> poorer ones. Innovation would be threatened if start-ups and small
> companies could not afford the new fees. The next eBay or Google might
> never be born.
I hate to break this to you, but the "big wealthly" voices have always
overpowered the poor, be it on the Internet or anything else. This
business about the Internet being "democratic" is a myth. Here's why:
Go do a search on most topics and you'll find hundreds of thousands of
hits. How can a person possibly sift through all those hits? It's
impossible. If my web page is now buried at the bottom, no one will
see it today, let alone in the future.
I learned long ago many porn sites flood the search engine indexes with
common words so that they come up first in searches. Nothing has
changed about that.
Some sites pay a fee to show up first on search engines. What's
democratic about that?
Lastly, I suspect some business interests have their own selfish
motives for pushing this "neutrality" business. Their ads, showing an
old rotary telephone and the "bad old days" were quite misleading.
Anyone who puts such an ad out must be questioned.
On the flip side, if someone has something really special, word will
get around and people will still get to it, even if it's on the "slow
side". This is true on the Internet as well as in real life. For
example, if there's a really good restaurant in a lousy location,
people will still seek it out and the restaurant will thrive despite
the location.
Another problem that perhaps a two-tiered system address is the mass
of spam and sabotage viruses. Right now their distributors make use
of the free Internet. The rest of us pay dearly in costs for unneeded
server space
> A net neutrality law would require cable and telephone companies to
> continue to provide Web sites to Internet users on an equal basis.
Real life isn't "equal". Should a hospital emergency room give "equal"
priority to a person with the flu vs. a person with a heart attack?
Should a bank give equal treatment to a regular customer vs. a bank
robber? Should the parking lot of a small store provide equal space
for both automobiles and 53' tractor trailers?
As you can see, there are very legitimate reasons for disparate
treatment of services and customers.
> But there is growing support from individuals and groups
> across the political spectrum, from MoveOn.org to the Gun Owners of
> America, who worry about what will happen to their free speech if
> Internet service providers are allowed to pick and choose the traffic
> they carry.
The New York Times, as does most newspapers, is selective about what
advertisements it will carry (even from paying customers), as well as
what news stories it runs.
One of my concerns is that extremists, who usually reflect a very tiny
number of people, will get a free use of medium. If I want to stand on
a soapbox in Union Square that is my right, but is the City of New York
obligated to provide me with a free bullhorn? If I want to hand out
leaflets on the street corner, that is my right, but is the city
obligated to print and distribute them for me?
What do you think?
[public replies, please]
[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: Well, you do have a good point when you
allude to the New York Times hypocrisy on this and other social
topics. NY Times, for instance, has long been a foe of handguns, and
editorialized against them on many occassions. Yet, their long-time
publisher _always_ carried a handgun weapon with him when he came to
work each day (in a chauffer-driven limousine, I might add). I think
the way you have to understand the NY Times, they are saying "we here
are special and different; we can trust ourselves to do the 'right
thing', but it's the rest of you who are worrisome."
Conditions must be getting sort of hard where NY Times is concerned.
They give all their news away for free these days; (oh, you still pay
fifty cents or a dollar if you want the print edition, to partially
pay for the paper and ink) but every headline and news report they
offer can be obtained for _free_ via RSS. Just look at our very own
http://telecom-digest.org/td-extra/nytimes.html for a couple hundred
news reports daily as proof of this. No need to register, no need to
login, no cookies, etc, although I could impose those 'features' on
readers if I wished to do so. PAT]
------------------------------
From: RJ <rj_nospam@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: Off Topic: Teens Same Worldwide: [Movie, Texting, Cell Phones]
Date: Tue, 09 Jan 2007 19:39:24 -0500
On Tue, 9 Jan 2007 15:28:34 UTC, ranck@vt.edu wrote:
> hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com wrote:
>> Historically, I understand that the landline telephone system of
>> Europe was never as developed as that of the U.S. Telephone service
> With the exception of France which had incorporated digital directory
> service into their phone system in the 1980's. Even in the early 90's
> when I lived there the French phone system had some real advantages
> over the US and others. True, getting a new phone line could be
> difficult and slow,
There is the key.
RJ
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